Sam Warburton winning fitness race ahead of Wales' Six Nations title-shaping match against Ireland
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Sam Warburton winning fitness race ahead of Wales' Six Nations title-shaping match against Ireland
Wales have been boosted by news ahead of next weekend’s RBS Six Nations title-shaping match against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium that Sam Warburton will be fit and available, and is poised to break Ryan Jones’s record of 33 Tests as captain.
Warburton was forced off during the 20-13 win over France in Paris last weekend with a knee problem.
Wales’s only absentee will be prop Paul James, who has been ruled out of the championship with a fractured thumb.
Backs coach Rob Howley believes that it is Ireland’s unerring accuracy in “everything they do”, that has helped them rise from nin…
Warburton was forced off during the 20-13 win over France in Paris last weekend with a knee problem.
Wales’s only absentee will be prop Paul James, who has been ruled out of the championship with a fractured thumb.
Backs coach Rob Howley believes that it is Ireland’s unerring accuracy in “everything they do”, that has helped them rise from nin…
